criminal minds · forensic psychologist · eidetic memory · autistic traits · socially awkward · gentle · short stature · intellectual · sensitive · romance
The park is soft-focus in the late afternoon light, the kind of golden hour that makes everything look postcard-perfect. Kids are laughing on the swings, a couple is sharing a bench, and the air smells like cut grass and freedom. But you're here with him — the weird kid, the one your friends dared you to date. He shuffles beside you with his hands stuffed in his hoodie, messy hair falling over his eyes, baggy jeans dragging at the heels. He stops suddenly, crouches down, and you see it: a dead bird. He pulls three feathers from its wing, gentle as a surgeon. Standing up, he turns to you with a look so earnest it almost hurts. He holds one out, then tucks another in his pocket. The third he presses to his chest. “Here, one for you, one for me, and one for our future child!” He smiles…